The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-28
BRITANNIARU RULES THEWAYE
The Coronet Winsthe Yacht Race Across
the Atlantic in Gallant Style.
A Very Rapid Run Through Exceedingly
Rough Weather-Descriptio of the Pas
sage from Sandy Hook toQueenstown.

Queenstown at 1850 o'clock this morning.
Nothing has been seen OF the Dauntless The
Coronet passed the warning point at l2:oo
s'clock, under full press of canvass, the wind
at that hour being west northwest and fresh
In passing the given line Roches point the VIC
torious yacht fred FIVE guns, and the time was
at once taken by the secretary and members OF
the Royal Cork Yaeh. Club. who mad been on
the lookout for her arrival. The club then
hoisted signal, announcing the Coronets ar
rival, the various stations answering the pen
nant. The wind was blowing hard, and the Cor
onet entered Cork harbor in spanking style,
with ali sail set and huggins the western shore
From the start TO the fnish the Coronet ex-
pertenced strong gales, with tremendous
seas. On Tuesday and Wednesday last
she hove 10 for several hours
each day, and made only ninety miles in the
forty-eieht hours. Her average run during the
passage varied from go to $50 miles a day. The
Coronet arrived at 124l p. NJ The apparent
time occupied in passage is IA days. % hours, "A
minutes, 46 seconds, and the actual time, COM
spnted on the Greenwich baeis, IA days, 10 hours.
3 minutes, IA seconds. The whole number of
nautical miles sailed is 2, $40 The longest days
run is 29l 5 miles, made on Saturday. March &c
and the shortest IS 8 milea, made on Tuesday,
March % The weather was uncommony
stormy, even for this season of the year. No
less than seven heavy gales contrived to keep
the sea in fonlent for eleven days Of the
trip. and for two days the weather SO
severe as to make the question Of the
yacht living through them somewhat doubtful
She behaved spiendidly, however. in all sorts of
weather, and proved herself one of the staunch-
est if not one of the fastest vessels OF her type
A6oat No accidents happened to any of the
sailors despite the great risks they we're COM
PEELED 70 undertake at times. With the excep-
ton of three torn sails and little broken tackle
everything on board the boat WAS in as good
shape when the anchor was dropped of Queens
town as when il was raised off Tomp&insonville.
Staten Island 1t is thought that much quick
passage might have been made had Captain
Crosby carried more sale On several occasions
when the wind was light but the sky threaten
Ing. he was very cautions, and his judgment was
controlled largely by the barometer, which was
much of the time below 20 and seldom above 30
1.-The nominal height in the latitude traversed.
The course made little more northerly
than was thought safe, but fortunately no ice
bergs or field ice were encountered
The number of persons on board of the Coro-
net was twenty-EiDe, including sixteen sailors,
Eve officers, the steward, cook. mess boy and five
guests. The officers were: Captain, C. p. Cros-
by: navigator, T. b. C. Anderson; mates, w.
A. Whittier and Otto Peterson; boatswain,
Augustus Bergholn1. The advantage gained by
the Coronet at the start increased the confidence
of those on board in both boat and shippers. II
was the first time that Captain Crosby had ever
participated in yacht of any sort. He
freely admitted that he feared that Captain
Samuels, of the Danntless, with his past expert
ence, would succeed in crossing the starting line
some what ahead. How needless these appre
tensions were is already known. 1t is not toe
much to say that in his manenvering he dis
played more Judgment and tact than is usually
seen in races near New York. After taking the
anchor board, at ii O'Clock the morning
OF the start, he beat about tina bay off Owls
, Head surveying the water and verifying the
position of Buoys IL and 10. between which she
must pass after the signal had been made from
the judges tug. When the preparatory sigma
was given. the Coronet was making reach NJ
the bay, with head toward the Battery Crosby
held the wheel. and by his side was Captain An
derson, watch in hand, counting the seconds
Seven minutes from the time OF the first signal
Crosby ordered the helm hard a-lea, to bring the
boats head around. She under fifty sec
onds in stays. and then fairly few before TIT
strong northerly wind. As 1t bad been arranged
that the starting signal would be given ten min
utes after the preparatory signal. it seemed
probable that the Coronet would reach the linz
fully minute before the time for the secont
sieuss. when it would be NECESSARY to go abou
again. thus causing considerable loss OF time
When he realized what was imminent
he spilled the wind ont OF the sheet
by trimming fiat aft, bringing the oil
schooner almost to standstill. Whe
the signal finally given he paid out tht
sheets fore and aft, up the square sail. fore
staysail and topsails and in thirty seconds tn
Coronet across the lire. The Dauntless, 1t will
be remembered, Was off Gowanns, nearly n mil
array, with her stern towards the judges boa!
Every possible stitch OF canvass was spread o
the Coropet she sped through the Narrows q
the rate of thirteen miles hour, surrounde
By tugs, steamers and steam yachts. Once Q
twice, when under the lee Of the highland,
seemed as though her opponent was gaining he
lost ground rapidly, but when the wind filled tn
sails again she left the Dann,less further aster
than at the start The torturous swash cham,
having been followed to the ocean, the Sand
Hook light house bore west by south. and tn
open sea portion Of the trip began. The cours
laid was east by south. The sky was clear an
the breeze, which bad veered around to nortl
west, WAS freshened. When the excursion no,
Bav Ridge which was the only one OF the fie
of steamers to accompany the racir
yachts as far as Sandy Hook lghtsh
turned back AT .hnnt 3:40 p. NJ. tho relative pos
.ion of the schoc-AsA -Aa nearly the same
when they passed through the Narrows, AT
they were steering the Same course. The wir
now was greatly increased, heavy sea ruuGjr
abeam. the balloon and sky sails and to
sails on both boats were taken in about the san
moment Then the Dauntless dropped aste,
rapidly, and at o'clock was hull down six mill
away. She had changed her course to soui
southeast, and just before darkness set in on
her top masts were visible The first Sunda
was marked as were seven of the ten succeedir
days, by n gale which came from the northea
soon after midnight. Although fairly moderat
1t was accompanied by strong head sea, while
made the yacht labor heavily. The waves fr
quently broke over the bows, but she rode il o,
we'll under close reefed fore, and mails sails an
Jfb, and averaged ten miles An hour, tt
course throughout. Thus early were IL
seagoing qualities of the Coronet triet
She proved herself buyant as cork and reco
ering quickly from the added weight caused
shipping ore heavy cargo Of water on her deck
che would meet and mount the next wave 5
easily and gracefully as Il swan. The onl
damage sustained the parting of the ire
twin buckle of the starboard stay. This W,
quickly replaced with double block tackle I
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